[psysec] Partial Schizophrenic Hackers

[Raoul Chiesa]

Tyler X. Shields ha scritto:
> All.
>
> I just came across this blog posting by an infosec professional who
> apparently works for Trend Micro. While Justin Foster has interesting ideas
> and concepts I believe it's pretty clear that he didn't do an all
> encompassing depth of research and he may not be of an appropriate level of
> expertise to be delivering these assertions. However, I think it was a
> thought provoking read regardless of my level of agreement. Is anyone aware
> of any research done into psychiatric traits of admitted/convicted/etc
> "hackers" (definitions loosely made here of course).
>   
Hi Tyler.
Yep, I do.
Something like.......nearly 10 years ago, Prof. Fancesco Bricolo, from
Verona, Italy, ran the SCID II test to some hackers, including myself.
The results were amazing: basically, ALL of us (me and other 4 or 5
friends, living in different cities) were identified as highly
borderline. Of course all of us we had other nice things, such as
schizophrenia, paranoia, etc etc etc etc etc...the list was very long :)

I could put u in contact with this doctor if you'd like.
Regards,
Raoul
> "Are hackers partially schizophrenic?" I think a significant portion of
> hackers lie somewhere in the schizophrenic spectrum. Oddly this is good for
> them, and bad news for us.
> http://www.developingsecurity.com/weblog/2009/06/are-hackers-partially-schiz
> ophrenic.html
>
> Thought provoking link of the day.
>
> Cheers
>
> -Tyler
>
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